Real Salt Lake 2016 schedule: New season underway

Real Salt Lake 2016 schedule: New season underway

  • By JUSTIN HOLLIDAY, Standard-Examiner staff
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Real Salt Lake’s 2016 campaign is in full swing. RSL is trying to rebound after its disappointing 2015 season ended without an appearance in the playoffs. The Claret and Cobalt are four games into their season and have not had a tally in the loss column yet. However, they only have one win a…

Rimando breaks shutout record, RSL wins 3-0

Rimando breaks shutout record, RSL wins 3-0

  • By JESUS LOPEZ JR., Standard-Examiner staff
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SANDY – Under the glow of the full moon, Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando broke Major League Soccer’s all-time shutout record on Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Can new rodeo in Ogden catch spur?

  • By DENNIS LARSEN
Standard-Examiner staff
dlarsen@standard.net
ogden — A chat between two longtime friends led to an idea, which has since become a reality.
Jeff Dabb, of Farr West, who graduated from Fremont High School in 2000, is presenting the Blue Stone Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Ogden Pioneer Stadium.
Dabb Rodeo Productions has invited 90 bull riders for the two-performance invitational, which gets under way at 7 p.m. each night. A nightly preshow starts at 6:30 p.m.
“It was my idea,” said the 27-year-old Dabb. “I rode bulls in some high school rodeos and in open bull ridings, but I have had a back injury that has kind of made me give it up.
“Blue and I grew up together; I’ve known him since I was 10 years old. We were talking one day a couple of months ago and said we ought to put on a bull riding.”
Stone, formerly of West Weber, is a two-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world bull riding champion (2001-02).
Discussions were held about possibly staging the event in the Weber County Fairgrounds’ Golden Spike Arena, but nothing was firmed up.
“It’s summer and we ought to be outside,” Dabb said. “We need to try and make money and not give it away. We couldn’t get the arena for this weekend. We checked on things and Ogden City has been a great fit.
“It’s a great stadium that nobody uses. Why not use it? I sure like that arena; it attracts a crowd.”
The format will feature 45 riders each night, divided into three 15-rider sections.
Following each night’s long round, the top eight-scored riders will compete in a short round.
Payouts will be for the long round (both nights combined), short round (both nights combined) and aggregate (both nights combined).
There will be four judges with the highest and lowest scores dropped and the two middle scores added together.
If a full field of 90 bull riders shows up, eight money holes will be paid.
Some of the big names expected to ride this weekend are Cody Hancock, Wesley Silcox, Sonny Murphy, Spud Jones, Tag Elliott and Kevin Kieckhefer.
Hancock, of Taylor, Ariz., is the 2000 PRCA world champion and a six-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. He is No. 11 ($33,718) in the world standings. Jones, of Tohatchi, N.M., is sitting in the 10th hole ($41,463).
Silcox, of Payson, is the 2007 PRCA world champion and coming back after suffering a broken tibia and fibula in his right leg on Aug. 24, 2008.
There will also be stock saddle bronc riding, along with junior bulls, steers, calves and sheep.
In stock saddle bronc riding, there is no mark-out rule. Riders ride a stock saddle and can ride with both hands on the buck rein.
Stock contractors include Kaycee Simpson, of Kamas; Chris True, of Midvale, Idaho; Casey Mascaro, of Riverton; Cameron Tuckett, of Malta, Idaho; Eldon Monson, of Bluebell; Frank Noyes, of Delta; Ty Noyes, of Price; Rex Malolo, of Castle Dale; and Jerry Shepherd, of Levan.
“We would like to do four of these a year, maybe more,” said Dabb, of his future plans. “The sky is the limit. We’ll see how we do and what the feedback is. We need to get people to come. I think if people know it’s there, they will show up — if they like watching good bull riding.”
Dabb has also been watching the weather forecast for the weekend.
“I’ve been worried about the weather ever since I started this,” he said. “I hope the weather forecast is right. I sure hope it’s nice this weekend.”
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By DENNIS LARSEN
Standard-Examiner staff
dlarsen@standard.net
ogden — A chat between two longtime friends led to an idea, which has since become a reality.
Jeff Dabb, of Farr West, who graduated from Fremont High School in 2000, is presenting the Blue Stone Invitational on Friday and Saturda…